[j-nsp] J2320 as BGP router

[Mark Tinka]

On Friday 19 February 2010 11:06:48 am Daniel Roesen wrote:

> It's just product management. Just like the BGP route
>  reflection dongle key. JNPR knows those boxes are very
>  interesting for "small/mid BGP demand" networks as
>  central route reflectors, so they squeeze some more
>  money out of these deployments. Unfortunately, folks NOT
>  using the routers in such a setup but occasionally need
>  some route reflection are... "colateral damage". Been
>  there, still suffering from that.

Legacy JUNOS fans will be happy to have, well, JUNOS, on the 
J-series (and the EX-series) after coming from the M/T-
series platforms.

However, if you don't mind the IOS cruft and are really 
focusing on core features and hardware performance, the 
Cisco 7201 is a decent platform when pitched against the 
J2320, and in some cases, even the J4350. I've been able to 
do some 950Mbps through them @ 90% CPU utilization without 
dropping a packet. You'd miss the JUNOS niceties, but it's a 
capable box worth considering if you find yourself stuck in 
this category.

Cheers,

Mark.
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